Methods for Achieving Equivalence of Samples in Cross-National Surveys

Peter Lynn (), Haeder S (), Gabler S () and Seppo Laaksonen
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Haeder S: Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (GESIS-ZUMA), http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31
Gabler S: Centre for Survey Research and Methodology (GESIS-ZUMA), http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32

No 2004-09, ISER working papers from Institute for Social and Economic Research

Abstract: This paper describes and evaluates procedures used to ensure equivalence of the sample designs in the 23 countries participating in round 1 of the European Social Survey. This involved specification of the permissible parameters of the sample design as well as ongoing interaction between the ESS sampling panel and the ESS national co-ordinators in each country. A number of aspects of these procedures were novel and we will focus particularly on these and will attempt to evaluate the success of each. These include: Specification of the national sample size in terms of the "effective sample size" of interviews; Provision of guidance on how to predict the design effect due to variable selection probabilities (DEFF-P) and the design effect due to clustering (DEFF-C), and how to use these predictions to determine the necessary sample size; Intensive procedures for interaction between the members of the sampling panel, between the sampling panel and the national co-ordinators, and between the sampling panel and the ESS central co-ordinating team.

Date: 2004-07-09
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